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united airlines raising air fair from $2 to $5 each way. now we have to see if some of the low cost carriers like southwest match all of those. >>> thanks so much. >> ladies let's thick with the theme right now about airlines. you ever wonder what the flat attendants really think of you? >> please go back to your seat. >> yes. >> you were just out here and you put sunglasses on. out. >> some are now coming clean. they are revealing their secrets about their job that keep them from passengers. if you want to get upgraded to first class it turns out it is something they can do but won't do it very often unless you are a friend, pregnant or extremely nice to them. the coffee is decaf so you will leave the flight attendants line. you wonder why flights are delayed for some reason it is reportedly so they get extra over time pay. flight attendants asked the captain to leave the seat belt signs on longer so they can serve drinks more easily. send your comments over to us you can tweet them to us at fox friend first or shat us an e-mail at fox fri
united airlines raising air fair from $2 to $5 each way. now we have to see if some of the low cost carriers like southwest match all of those. >>> thanks so much. >> ladies let's thick with the theme right now about airlines. you ever wonder what the flat attendants really think of you? >> please go back to your seat. >> yes. >> you were just out here and you put sunglasses on. out. >> some are now coming clean. they are revealing their secrets about...
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obama is saying, i did not become president of united states to preside over the liquidation over the welfaretat. we saw it in his actions. biggest expansion entitlements and biggest spending bill in american history with the stimulus. now what we saw with the fiscal cliff negotiations and now we have -- it just isn't these -- but words to the speaker, we're not interested in spending cuts. spending is not the problem. >> bret: ed henry is reporting that treasury-secretary nominee he has history of the clinton white house, a guy that has talked about entitlement reform and seriousness of all of this. how does that fit in the future of what we are hearing here that this white house is not really ready to do any serious cutting currently? >> i don't think it's not true they are not ready to do serious cutting. they were talking about repositioning the cpi so that you would have a decrease in the rate of increase of spending on entitlement programs. in addition to which they were fully willing to look at things like eligibility and people are most concerned about medicare and that would
obama is saying, i did not become president of united states to preside over the liquidation over the welfaretat. we saw it in his actions. biggest expansion entitlements and biggest spending bill in american history with the stimulus. now what we saw with the fiscal cliff negotiations and now we have -- it just isn't these -- but words to the speaker, we're not interested in spending cuts. spending is not the problem. >> bret: ed henry is reporting that treasury-secretary nominee he has...
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chuck hagel said my first obligation is to the united states. i took an oath of office to defend the united states constitution. that doesn't mean he's anti-israeli. i have israeli friends, i support the israeli nation and defending themselves. however, break dot-dot, you know, you have to look at what's best for this nation first and how that's anti-semitic i don't know and that's the issue as far as i can tell regarding the rhetoric of hagel. >> john, another issue of particular of those like me on the left is hagel's comments that he made back in 1998 opposing president clinton's ambassador or nominee to be ambassador calling him openly aggressively gay and recently apologized for the comments and you were really instrumental in getting don't ask don't tell repelled so how do people with an equality for lgbt community and square those comments with supporting hagel's nomination? >> well, we obviously were involved in supporting, you know, a lot of lgbt community, the argument is if you served in iraq and afghanistan and three times why are yo
chuck hagel said my first obligation is to the united states. i took an oath of office to defend the united states constitution. that doesn't mean he's anti-israeli. i have israeli friends, i support the israeli nation and defending themselves. however, break dot-dot, you know, you have to look at what's best for this nation first and how that's anti-semitic i don't know and that's the issue as far as i can tell regarding the rhetoric of hagel. >> john, another issue of particular of...
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this is just common sense to mothers, fathers, parents in the united states. we had a poll out this week that over 75% of parents think we need to take stronger action to strengthen our gun laws. i think the issue here is really not one extreme versus another. it is the broad middle rising up and saying you know what, we can do something about it. after newtown, the idea that we do nothing is a tragedy. >> chris: let's look at some of the ideas and he is pretty open about them that vice president is suggesting and probably will offer to the president on tuesday. new limits on assault weapons. new limits on high capacity magazines that hold 30 rounds, maybe even 100 rounds. universal background checks and a crackdown on gun trafficking. which of those that i specifically mentioned do you think would do the most good in terms of solving the problem and which do you think is most likely to get through congress? >> well, universal background checks is really important. right now, 40% of guns sold in the united states don't have any check system. that is more than
this is just common sense to mothers, fathers, parents in the united states. we had a poll out this week that over 75% of parents think we need to take stronger action to strengthen our gun laws. i think the issue here is really not one extreme versus another. it is the broad middle rising up and saying you know what, we can do something about it. after newtown, the idea that we do nothing is a tragedy. >> chris: let's look at some of the ideas and he is pretty open about them that vice...
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i'm a united states stor senate not an israeli senator. david miller said what he was talking about there wasn't as dire as many people are making it out to o be. he is opposed to some israeli policies but certainly not andty israeli. this is the guy who it said it to. do you buy mr. miller's argument? >> i don't know. i'm not going to speak to mr. hagel's heart. what i am concerned about is his record and his past policy positions and he previously expressed that with respect to iran, with respect to israel that he doesn't want criticism from other nations of the world. you know, that is not the job of the defense secretary. he is not being nominated to be secretary of state. you you want to talk about the most effective diplomacy this nation has seen in modern times? ronald reagan standing up and winning the cold war without firing a shot. and that was done with strength. if you are an irania mullah and looking at chuck hagel who thinks sanctions are to harsh you have to be laughing at the prospects of anything harsher than sanctions. >>
i'm a united states stor senate not an israeli senator. david miller said what he was talking about there wasn't as dire as many people are making it out to o be. he is opposed to some israeli policies but certainly not andty israeli. this is the guy who it said it to. do you buy mr. miller's argument? >> i don't know. i'm not going to speak to mr. hagel's heart. what i am concerned about is his record and his past policy positions and he previously expressed that with respect to iran,...
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and i'm all for nation building, let's start with one called the united states. but what do we think that when we look at the bush doctrine, it adhered to the neo-conservative agenda, launch war, spread democracy to combat terrorism. unlaterally to pursue u.s. interests. when you enter the context of the bush doctrine, you see that chuck hagel who first supported the iraq mission, and then turned around in good conscience and said no, he made this statement in his book. i made myself a promise that if i ever get out of that place, he was talking about vietnam, if i ever got out of that place and was in a position to do something about war, so horrible, so filled with suffering i would do whatever i could to stop it. i have never forgotten that promise. this is chuck hagel in his book talking about his experiences in vietnam that led him to coming out in opposition as a republican, to the iraq war. don't you think that a lot of this opposition to hagel by some of the far right is that they're still angry at him that he came out against the iraqi war after it had s
and i'm all for nation building, let's start with one called the united states. but what do we think that when we look at the bush doctrine, it adhered to the neo-conservative agenda, launch war, spread democracy to combat terrorism. unlaterally to pursue u.s. interests. when you enter the context of the bush doctrine, you see that chuck hagel who first supported the iraq mission, and then turned around in good conscience and said no, he made this statement in his book. i made myself a promise...
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i'm a united states senator, i'm not an israeli senator." hagel also opposed the nomination of james hormel as ambassador to luxembourg in 1998 because hormel was openly gay. "i think it's an inhibiting factor to be openly aggressively gay like hormel."pe he recently apologized callinggr the remarks insensitive. president obama did not spend a lot of time in the united states senator. he forged a relationship on candor and trust with hagel partially during trips to iraq and afghanistan. the president today said he'ds t always been impressed with willing to go against hagel's'd wisdom.ress hagel said he if he's confirmedst he'll do just that. >> pelley: what about the man nominated to be director of central intelligence, general brennan? will he have an easier time? >> reporter: probably an easier time. wi he's been the number one advisor for the president dealing with every terrorist plot-- real, imagined, large and small-- for w four years at the obama white house. 25 year veteran from the c.i.a., up from the ranks, substantial experience,
i'm a united states senator, i'm not an israeli senator." hagel also opposed the nomination of james hormel as ambassador to luxembourg in 1998 because hormel was openly gay. "i think it's an inhibiting factor to be openly aggressively gay like hormel."pe he recently apologized callinggr the remarks insensitive. president obama did not spend a lot of time in the united states senator. he forged a relationship on candor and trust with hagel partially during trips to iraq and...
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going forward on the spending fights, republicans are united. honestly the president has said himself these things need to be done. he just never has been willing to specify it. on debt ceiling, the president is asking for us what he wouldn't give george bush. he voted against raising the debt ceiling himself when he was in the senate and talked about it being a moral imperative to deal with debt. now it's time to live up to the words and standards he laid down as a united states senator. let's see what he's going to put on the table to deal with the debt. otherwise he's not going to get republican votes. >> congressman tom cole, we appreciate your time this morning. >> thank you, thomas. >> women rule, new hampshire's governor, maggie hassan talks about the all female delegation in her state. first a small ohio town in the spotlight and not for anything they are too proud of, after an alleged rape making headlines there and a scare for the school district. we'll bring you up to speed. . and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we mak
going forward on the spending fights, republicans are united. honestly the president has said himself these things need to be done. he just never has been willing to specify it. on debt ceiling, the president is asking for us what he wouldn't give george bush. he voted against raising the debt ceiling himself when he was in the senate and talked about it being a moral imperative to deal with debt. now it's time to live up to the words and standards he laid down as a united states senator. let's...
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prior to 9/11 the united states contained terrorism on my part of the world. after 9/11 we actively went after and our strategy was to eliminate and now with president obama it's to disengage. they see us disengaging. now, i would remind, you're right exactly why we went in there. now the reason why al-qaeda was able to locate was because of the taliban control. i don't think there's any doubt that the taliban are a significant force remaining. and al-qaeda has proven to be remarkably capable of regenerating itself with new leadership quite often. so you see a region and with enormous difficulties not to mention the threat of iran being, continuing on the path towards the acquisition of nuclear weapons. let me ask you about the president's choices for his cabinet. correct me if i'm wrong but i can't remember a time when the opposing party has opposed every single person that the president nominates for his cabinet. it's usually been the rule if the president's going to be in charge of the government, we have to give him the people he wants to run it. but repub
prior to 9/11 the united states contained terrorism on my part of the world. after 9/11 we actively went after and our strategy was to eliminate and now with president obama it's to disengage. they see us disengaging. now, i would remind, you're right exactly why we went in there. now the reason why al-qaeda was able to locate was because of the taliban control. i don't think there's any doubt that the taliban are a significant force remaining. and al-qaeda has proven to be remarkably capable...
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. >>> richard mourdock wanted very badly to become a member of the united states senate. he beat out dick lugar to become the republican senate nominee in indiana. he got himself a democratic opponent that everybody seemed to think that he would beat handily. and then richard mourdock said this. >> life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> if you become pregnant from being raped, that is something god intended to happen. that was sort of the end of richard mourdock. we went on the lose a senate race that he really should have one. and now the new senator from indiana is a democrat, joe donnelly. richard mourdock's view that the government should force rape victims to give birth to their rapist child because god intervened to make sure that certain rapes resulted in the impregnating of the rape victim, that fantastic theology was in the end too much for the residents of indiana to accept. there was also todd akin from the great state of missouri who was chosen by re
. >>> richard mourdock wanted very badly to become a member of the united states senate. he beat out dick lugar to become the republican senate nominee in indiana. he got himself a democratic opponent that everybody seemed to think that he would beat handily. and then richard mourdock said this. >> life is that gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> if you become pregnant from...
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we're talking about the united states of america going into default. the most powerful economy in the world saying our political system, our system is too disfunctional for us to reliably pay our bills. that would be anything but good for this country. if congressman salmon had been with me this morning, he would understand it. this morning i attended a briefing by the bipartisan policy on the debt ceiling. they did amazing work on this issue and really got into the weeds on it more than anyone i have seen before. they looked at how many checks the government sends out a month. how the payment software works, and i want to tell you, and maybe congressman salmon five of the things they had. because after you hear this you wouldn't want to bust for the debt ceiling, they project right now that the debt ceiling doomsday, really the final day for it would happen sometime between february 15th, and march one. either congress figures out the debt ceiling before then or things get very bad, real quick. first it means the federal government will have to defaul
we're talking about the united states of america going into default. the most powerful economy in the world saying our political system, our system is too disfunctional for us to reliably pay our bills. that would be anything but good for this country. if congressman salmon had been with me this morning, he would understand it. this morning i attended a briefing by the bipartisan policy on the debt ceiling. they did amazing work on this issue and really got into the weeds on it more than anyone...
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by contrast, we just went through here in the united states a long presidential campaign in a year that was the hottest in american history with superstorm sandy and 60% of the country in drought and massive fires in the west and 110 billion dollars of climate disasters and not one journalist asked any of the candidates in any of the debates a single question about climate. >> brown: you wrote that and i've heard you say that in interviews. but therefore what? because -- >> therefore we in the united states --. >> brown: but i can't get in the heads of the moderators who did not ask -- presumably they had other thing, important things to say. are you suggesting they didn't ask about climate change because they were influenced somehow by money or by big corporations? i mean, that's the "therefore what"? >> i think that more diversity is a good thing and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the american media landscape and a news organization that regularly and constantly explore this is issue by contrast to the
by contrast, we just went through here in the united states a long presidential campaign in a year that was the hottest in american history with superstorm sandy and 60% of the country in drought and massive fires in the west and 110 billion dollars of climate disasters and not one journalist asked any of the candidates in any of the debates a single question about climate. >> brown: you wrote that and i've heard you say that in interviews. but therefore what? because -- >>...
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i lost 19 men in my unit, that weighs on my heart every day. but the fact is this, we need people like chuck hagel who have bled for our country, the first enlisted man ever to serve as secretary of defense. the first vietnam veteran to serve as secretary of defense. i want someone who knows what words like before we send our young men and women back into harm's way who has been there and gets it and isn't going to be kowtowed by the neocon. >> he didn't ask whether or not it was a good idea to go into iraq and abandon afghanistan for seven years and try to go back seven years later and pick up the pieces when it was too late to do so. and i don't think you'll get anybody -- they have you team will agree that was a great idea particularly in retrospect to go to iraq. the question that mccain asked was whether or not the hyperbole that hagel had calling the surge the worst -- the biggest mistake in american military history since vietnam -- >> the biggest blunder since vietnam -- >> that was the question and hagel -- you can argue whether or not
i lost 19 men in my unit, that weighs on my heart every day. but the fact is this, we need people like chuck hagel who have bled for our country, the first enlisted man ever to serve as secretary of defense. the first vietnam veteran to serve as secretary of defense. i want someone who knows what words like before we send our young men and women back into harm's way who has been there and gets it and isn't going to be kowtowed by the neocon. >> he didn't ask whether or not it was a good...
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hagel defending his iran stance saying unilateral sanctions, "don't work and just isolate the united states." republican critics many who bitterly remember his split from the iraq war are focusing on iran and israel. >> he's an honorable man. he's had a record of distinguished service, but he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today. >> but this issue of israel and iran is something the white house is nervous about. they began a feverish lobbying effort talking to key leaders of key jewish groups. senior white house officials, including chief of staff jack lu spent the weekend calling many leaders. if softened criticism from the anti-defamation league who put out this statement about hagel. "senator hagel would not have been my first choice, but i respect the president's prerogative." but it did not persuade former new york city mayor who the white house also reached out to both of them. after hagel was formally nominated dershowitz released a statement saying koch said, "frankly, i thought that there would come a time
hagel defending his iran stance saying unilateral sanctions, "don't work and just isolate the united states." republican critics many who bitterly remember his split from the iraq war are focusing on iran and israel. >> he's an honorable man. he's had a record of distinguished service, but he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today. >> but this issue of israel and iran is something the white house is nervous...
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what is the future of the relationship of the united states should and can have with afghanistan? you are not seeing a great deal of time spent on the ques. you are seeing a lot more time devoted to questions of previous statements he made about israel, about iran and about nuclear deterren deterrence. >> you know, you mentioned it looks like it's a rough day for hagel. there's no sign he's won over republicans with his performance today. there's also no sign he has lost any democrats at this point. there are no democrats who have publicly come out and said they'll to oppose him and with a straight party line vote, he will get confirmed. 55 democrats, 45 republicans in the senate. would the republicans try to mount some kind of a filibuster where if they could hold 41 votes together to prevent the vote on the nomination. conventional wisdom heading in to the hearings is too far to step even for republicans in this day and age to take. do you think there's any signs of today's hearings, any chatter during today's hearings and the hallways there they might now be thinking of a filib
what is the future of the relationship of the united states should and can have with afghanistan? you are not seeing a great deal of time spent on the ques. you are seeing a lot more time devoted to questions of previous statements he made about israel, about iran and about nuclear deterren deterrence. >> you know, you mentioned it looks like it's a rough day for hagel. there's no sign he's won over republicans with his performance today. there's also no sign he has lost any democrats at...
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aaron david miller quoted hagel saying the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here, but i'm a united states senator. i'm not an israeli senator. hagel supported the pentagon's old don't ask, don't tell policy governing gays in the military, and in 1998 said of president clinton's openly gay nominee to be ambassador of luxembourg, quote, i think it is an inhibiting factor to be gay -- openly air, gressively gay like mr. hormel -- to do an effective job. last month more than 14 years later hagel apologized for those comments. mr. hormel said he was skeptical. if mr. hagel is nominated set your tivo for the hearings. senator lindsey graham is here next on hagel and the debt. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> i'm joined by republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina. senator, happy new year. thanks for being here. let me first talk abou
aaron david miller quoted hagel saying the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here, but i'm a united states senator. i'm not an israeli senator. hagel supported the pentagon's old don't ask, don't tell policy governing gays in the military, and in 1998 said of president clinton's openly gay nominee to be ambassador of luxembourg, quote, i think it is an inhibiting factor to be gay -- openly air, gressively gay like mr. hormel -- to do an effective job. last month more than 14 years...
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. >> a strong agile, safe, secure, effective nuclear arsenals for the united states is not debatable. >> reporter: hagel promised to support the rights of gales in the military. he also apologized for offensive comments he made accusing lobbyists of intimidating lawmakers. as defense secretary he would work closely with allies. >> you said it should have been one other term. name one person in your person who's intimidated by the israeli lobby. >> i already stated i regret the terminology, but you said back then, it makes us do dumb things. >> reporter: if confirmed, he was the lone republican in the cabinet, also the first vietnam veteran in the position. his supporters argue that experience makes him uniquely qualified. every senate democrat is expected to support hagel's confirmation, he also has the support of at least one republican, but will need at least four more to prevent a filibuster. reporting live, i'm danielle leigh, news4. >>> the family of a 5-year-old hostage is holding on by a threat today. how authorities are getting medicine to him inside an underground bunker. >>>
. >> a strong agile, safe, secure, effective nuclear arsenals for the united states is not debatable. >> reporter: hagel promised to support the rights of gales in the military. he also apologized for offensive comments he made accusing lobbyists of intimidating lawmakers. as defense secretary he would work closely with allies. >> you said it should have been one other term. name one person in your person who's intimidated by the israeli lobby. >> i already stated i...
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most of those students are told, they can't stay, get out of the united states. >> get out of the united states. he says for the first time in years both parts of immigration reform can happen. the illegal and the skilled immigration part of it. he also said the skilled part of the equation has, quote, been held hostage to the possible debate over illegal immigration and they haven't been able to fix the high-tech part of it because it's wrapped up in one bruising debate. >> what washington is doing when it comes to the lower immigration jobs it hijacking those higher edution jobs that we need? >> absolutely. >> with the tools that we have -- >> we want to import talent. but we want to grow talent. weapon want engineering and math in the education system. we have to do better with that. and he said better teachers make better students. he's not saying our teachers are bad -- >> our mechanics are bad. >> we need to raise up good teachers. we need to give feedback to teachers. to measure the teachers, find good teachers, find what they're doing right and replicate that. >> and did you rope
most of those students are told, they can't stay, get out of the united states. >> get out of the united states. he says for the first time in years both parts of immigration reform can happen. the illegal and the skilled immigration part of it. he also said the skilled part of the equation has, quote, been held hostage to the possible debate over illegal immigration and they haven't been able to fix the high-tech part of it because it's wrapped up in one bruising debate. >> what...
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if you read the accounts as his brother who served in the same unit as him during the war -- >> which is very unusual. >> but his brother paints a very brutal picture of the war, similar to the one that i talked about in "kill anything that moves." this served under one of the most notorious commanders in vietnam, julian you'll -- ewell, also known as the butcher of macon county del. they called him a body count fanatic. he demanded vietnamese bodies. he was not very discerning about who they belong to. he was called -- anyone call them as a casualty was called an enemy dead. just as the hagel brothers relating, there was an operation kicked off colorado "speedy express." it lead to 11,000 vietnamese casualties, but only resulted around 750 weapons been recovered some news reporters looked into this a couple of years after it ended and him up with an estimate of 5000 civilians killed during that operation. when i went to the archives, i found military zones or reports that the new st. reporters did not know about in the estimates were that they show the newsweek estimates were low. th
if you read the accounts as his brother who served in the same unit as him during the war -- >> which is very unusual. >> but his brother paints a very brutal picture of the war, similar to the one that i talked about in "kill anything that moves." this served under one of the most notorious commanders in vietnam, julian you'll -- ewell, also known as the butcher of macon county del. they called him a body count fanatic. he demanded vietnamese bodies. he was not very...
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he let the woman he hired for sex, let him listen in on the conversations with the president of the united states. the woman he hired, she said she decided to sell her story, and go public, because "it has to be told," wake up america, i mean, if he told me, who else did he tell? so yeah, it was week one on the cover of "time magazine." and here was week two. nice timing. it was just a blockbuster humiliating fall in the middle of the presidential campaign. and that is how dick morris became a famous person. of course, president clinton did recover after the incident, mr. morris went on to become a conservative, and writes books about how sleazy the clintons are, "the green room" has a lot of room for information like that. that is how they came to feature dick morris, tearing a famous wide path of misprognostication. >> there is no chance he will get reelected. romney will win by a very large margin, a landslide, if you will, and we'll also win ten seats in the senate. we have a shot at not only winning in the senate. >> there is no president romney now getting ready to start his first te
he let the woman he hired for sex, let him listen in on the conversations with the president of the united states. the woman he hired, she said she decided to sell her story, and go public, because "it has to be told," wake up america, i mean, if he told me, who else did he tell? so yeah, it was week one on the cover of "time magazine." and here was week two. nice timing. it was just a blockbuster humiliating fall in the middle of the presidential campaign. and that is how...
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by contrast we just went through here in the united states a long presidential campaign in a year that was the hottest in american history with superstorm sandy and 60% of the country in drought and massive fires in the west and 110 billion dollars of climate disasters and not one journalist asked any of the candidates in any of the debates a single question about climate. >> brown: you wrote that and i've heard you say that in interviews. but therefore what? because -- >> therefore we in the united states --. >> brown: but i can't get in the heads of the moderators who did not ask -- presumably they had other thing important things to say. are you suggesting they didn't ask about climate change because they were influenced somehow by money or by big corporations? i mean that's the "therefore what"? >> i think that more diversity is a good thing and fresh points of view articulated by people who are committed to excellence in journalism is a beneficial change in the american media landscape and a news organization that regularly and constantly explore this is issue by contrast to the w
by contrast we just went through here in the united states a long presidential campaign in a year that was the hottest in american history with superstorm sandy and 60% of the country in drought and massive fires in the west and 110 billion dollars of climate disasters and not one journalist asked any of the candidates in any of the debates a single question about climate. >> brown: you wrote that and i've heard you say that in interviews. but therefore what? because -- >> therefore...
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the secretary general, at least at the united nations, saying that he has grave concerns. i shouldn't use the word condemned, but grave concerns about that israeli air strikes, the first in five years. at this time the united nations does not have details, he says, about the reported incident. what are they saying over there at the pentagon? we've also been briefed today that the vice president when he goes to the munich security conference this weekend is going to meet with the syrian envoy from the united nations, brahimi and will meet with the russian foreign minister and with the syrian national council. >> so far out of this building, while they're keeping many of the details close to the vest, we're not hearing any kind of condemnation, criticism, any negative response. in fact, according to one senior military official who we can only identify that way because they're not authorized to speak on the record of this subject, all they could say about it was, you know, the israelis, above anyone else, usually gets these things right. >> no condemnation at all. in fact, f
the secretary general, at least at the united nations, saying that he has grave concerns. i shouldn't use the word condemned, but grave concerns about that israeli air strikes, the first in five years. at this time the united nations does not have details, he says, about the reported incident. what are they saying over there at the pentagon? we've also been briefed today that the vice president when he goes to the munich security conference this weekend is going to meet with the syrian envoy...
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we had democrat president of the united states. we had a republican congress. i believe that that government shutdown actually gave us the impetus as we went toward to push toward some real serious compromise. >> do you think that's a good idea? >> yes, i do. i think it's about time. oh, yeah, it's about time. no time like the present to completely destroy the economy. but this fever is spreading. paul ryan caught the book. senator ted cruz has it. holding the economy hostage to demand bungt cuts? a shutdown would mean americans would lose jobs, lose social security checks, veterans would lose benefits, medicare patients would be left waiting. joining me now is nia malika henderson and michelle cotter. thank you both for being here tonight. >> republicans are threatening to destroy the economy. is there anyway out of this? >> mitch mcconnell doesn't seem to be completely on board. >> but he wouldn't say no, either. >> you're right. he wouldn't rule it out completely or rule for his other people and say this is a real, real viable option. you know, i think what
we had democrat president of the united states. we had a republican congress. i believe that that government shutdown actually gave us the impetus as we went toward to push toward some real serious compromise. >> do you think that's a good idea? >> yes, i do. i think it's about time. oh, yeah, it's about time. no time like the present to completely destroy the economy. but this fever is spreading. paul ryan caught the book. senator ted cruz has it. holding the economy hostage to...
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if congress refuses to give the united states the ability to pay its bill on time, consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic. >> meanwhile, during a closed door meeting on friday, john boehner told members of the gop conference he plans to use the upcoming battle over raising the debt ceiling as leverage for more spending cuts. insiders on capitol hill have been told to prepare for chuck hag hagel's nomination for defense secretary. at the same time, a white house spokesperson says the president has not made a final decision yet. congress passed a hurricane sandy relief bill that provides 9.7 billion to the national flood insurance program, nearly out of money, republican leadership took heat from both parties. the house is set to vote on additional sandy aid. worth nearly $52 billion on january 15th. the senate is recessed until the 21st. >>> president obama and the fi
if congress refuses to give the united states the ability to pay its bill on time, consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic. >> meanwhile, during a closed door meeting on friday, john boehner told members of the gop conference he plans to use the upcoming battle over raising the debt ceiling as leverage for more spending cuts. insiders on capitol hill have been told to prepare for chuck hag hagel's nomination for defense secretary. at the same time, a white house...
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>> well, she's still the ambassador the united nations and extraordinarily influential. as long as tom donelan stays as the national security advisor these other positions are very important, people have input, but foreign policy is really run out of that not-so-grand office but perfectly grand west wing office. so susan rice i think will continue to do the job the way she's done it. i suspect if tom donelan ever moves on that susan rice would be a leading contender for that job and have the ability to do what tom donelan has done, which is to consolidate an enormous amount of authority and decision making. >> is there an emerging-- you may have touched on this at the top, david-- obama doctrine that might come out of this next four years? >> well, if the doctrine in the first four years, charlie, was that the united states will act unilaterally when its direct interests are affected-- think of the bin laden raid-- but that it will only act in concert with others when its interests are far more general-- think of the libya invasion where the president insisted that nato
>> well, she's still the ambassador the united nations and extraordinarily influential. as long as tom donelan stays as the national security advisor these other positions are very important, people have input, but foreign policy is really run out of that not-so-grand office but perfectly grand west wing office. so susan rice i think will continue to do the job the way she's done it. i suspect if tom donelan ever moves on that susan rice would be a leading contender for that job and have...
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. >> reporter: the united nations estimates that the nearly two-year-long conflict has killed 60,000 people. efforts to broker a political deal are deadlocked. >> more syrians will die in 2013 than 2012. it will be a carnage, a bloodbath. >> reporter: activists say one of the deadliest attacks in recent days was at a gas station in damascus, killing nine. around the country, people are suffering, thousands cut off from electricity, water and food. there are hundreds of thousands of refugees, including this woman in a camp in jordan. "bashar only speaks," she says. "if he was right, he would not make us homeless, he would not destroy our homes." today, assad blamed all of his country's hardships on the opposition. he gave no sign he will ever leave syria. and when the speech ended, the resolute president was swarmed. his security team forced to push adoring supporters away. the leadership of the opposition say they won't negotiate as long as assad is in power. and this evening, the u.s. state department responded to the speech, saying this was just another attempt by the regime to hol
. >> reporter: the united nations estimates that the nearly two-year-long conflict has killed 60,000 people. efforts to broker a political deal are deadlocked. >> more syrians will die in 2013 than 2012. it will be a carnage, a bloodbath. >> reporter: activists say one of the deadliest attacks in recent days was at a gas station in damascus, killing nine. around the country, people are suffering, thousands cut off from electricity, water and food. there are hundreds of...
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we had the democrat president of the united states and a republican congress. i believe that government shutdown actually gave us the impetus as we went forward to push to work some real serious compromises. >> so you think that's a good idea? >> yes, i do. >> you really do? >> i do. i think it's about time. >> fearmongering. let's be absolutely clear on this. not raising the debt ceiling is not the same as a partial government shutdown. raising the debt ceiling isn't about future spending, it's about past spending approved by congress. default would cause an immediate financial collapse with long-term national and global consequences. it's estimated the 2011 standoff increased the nation's borrowing cost by $1.3 billion in that year alone. it amazing me that the people using the debt ceiling as leverage to reduce the deficit don't seem to mind playing another billion dollar game of chicken. president obama said he would not negotiate over the debt ceiling. it looks like some republicans might already be backing off this fight overall. but in "the wall street j
we had the democrat president of the united states and a republican congress. i believe that government shutdown actually gave us the impetus as we went forward to push to work some real serious compromises. >> so you think that's a good idea? >> yes, i do. >> you really do? >> i do. i think it's about time. >> fearmongering. let's be absolutely clear on this. not raising the debt ceiling is not the same as a partial government shutdown. raising the debt ceiling...
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i was born in the united states, but i have six half brothers and sisters. my children have three nationalities. their mother's dutch. so they for dutch citizens. let's go on what we agree on. work permits. my side is going to have to give up an automatic path to citizenship. i am with you. have you some really good ideas. but let's go to what we agree on. work permits. let's find out who the folks are so they can get driver's license and insurance so when they hit our cars, we can get paid. they can work to earn wages and get social security. >> jamie: but are we going to talk about this or get it done? what political capital does the president have left? will he have to act on his own? do you think he can generate the bipartisan support he would need to get something passed? >> the president has approached this in a very divisive way. he talked about our enemies when he talked to the latino community, suggesting american who is want our borders enforced or laws enforced were anti-latino. he turned around and passed this -- did this illegal dream act amnest
i was born in the united states, but i have six half brothers and sisters. my children have three nationalities. their mother's dutch. so they for dutch citizens. let's go on what we agree on. work permits. my side is going to have to give up an automatic path to citizenship. i am with you. have you some really good ideas. but let's go to what we agree on. work permits. let's find out who the folks are so they can get driver's license and insurance so when they hit our cars, we can get paid....
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units responded to the scene. >> reporter: dams controlling the flow of the river have been under increased stress since last night's storms. the washington suburban sanitary commission had to open the floodgates to relieve the pressure on the dams that control the water level causing problems downstream in towns like laurel. >> the reservoirs are able to handle so much rain, but this was a little too much and so they had to relieve the pressure. they opened up the floodgates. >> reporter: the red cross is helping to staff the evacuation center near route 1. and so far, residents say they are trying to balance the decision of staying with their home or staying away from the water. >> you have to take the flood serious. three inches of water, can you drown in it and that depends on how prepared you are. >> reporter: six inches of rain fell last night in some areas along the patuxent river. the evacuations that were ordered affected several hundred people in the city's historic district. the mayor of laurel said he could change that order to a mandatory order tonight. >> we were watching the
units responded to the scene. >> reporter: dams controlling the flow of the river have been under increased stress since last night's storms. the washington suburban sanitary commission had to open the floodgates to relieve the pressure on the dams that control the water level causing problems downstream in towns like laurel. >> the reservoirs are able to handle so much rain, but this was a little too much and so they had to relieve the pressure. they opened up the floodgates....
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this is the conversation, the reality of where things are when it comes to the gun issue in the united states congress. >>> well, this will be a crucial week for the president's pick to lead the pentagon. chuck hagel will head to capitol hill for some face to face meetings. most important is where chuck schumer, who has been both privately and publicly skeptical about hagel's nomination and is exekted pau pechted to press him on iran. but does he have the power to kill it? but a question on whether schumer would expend the political capital. possible he just decides to vote against it and stay quiet over the time period on hagel's confirmation. over the weekend, long time allies led by colin powell went on sunday shows to defend his record. >> superbly equalled based on the record, the service to the country, based on how he feels about troops and veterans and families. i read some of the responses he's already put together and i think he will make a nomination and be confirmed. >> senator jack reid, who is leading hagel's defense in the democratic senate caucus praised hagel's able il
this is the conversation, the reality of where things are when it comes to the gun issue in the united states congress. >>> well, this will be a crucial week for the president's pick to lead the pentagon. chuck hagel will head to capitol hill for some face to face meetings. most important is where chuck schumer, who has been both privately and publicly skeptical about hagel's nomination and is exekted pau pechted to press him on iran. but does he have the power to kill it? but a...
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he's a patriot, somebody who's done extraordinary work both in the united states senate, somebody who served this country with valor in vietnam. and somebody who is currently serving on my intelligence advisory board, doing an outstanding job. >> reporter: for the record, the white house said late yesterday, no decision had been made, rick and jamie. >> james rosen in washington, thank you very much. pressure is mounting in washington meantime to cut foreign aid to egypt. later on this month the u.s. set to deliver fighter jets, tankers and millions in aid to that country. the first part of 213 million dollar foreign aid deal struck with former president hosni mubarak and now with morsi and the muslim brotherhood leading egypt's government and economic uncertainty a growing number of critics want the obama administration to pull the plug on that package. >> jamie: meantime, there are growing concerns over washington's spending habits here at home. president obama calling on all lawmakers to increase the amount of money the u.s. is allowed to borrow. that of course takes raising the na
he's a patriot, somebody who's done extraordinary work both in the united states senate, somebody who served this country with valor in vietnam. and somebody who is currently serving on my intelligence advisory board, doing an outstanding job. >> reporter: for the record, the white house said late yesterday, no decision had been made, rick and jamie. >> james rosen in washington, thank you very much. pressure is mounting in washington meantime to cut foreign aid to egypt. later on...
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he hopes by the end of march to make a visit to the united states. he's a graduate of the university of southern california. he's got a doctorate from the usc, hopes to make a visit out there while in the united states. he's trying to get some sort of peace deal, between the palestinians themselves and he's hoping this week to host a meeting in cairo between the palestinian authority, president mahmoud abbas and the leader of hamas. because there have been differences between hamas and fatah, the two many palestinian groups. he's working on those areas. we went through a whole lot of other issues, but those are three little nuggets that i'll share with you right now. >> thanks, wolf. just using your expertise in that area, is the new voice of egypt, and that is morsi, have as much power as the old voice of egypt, vis-a-vis saying things like the syrian president has to go? >> there's no doubt that morsi, he's only been in power now for six months, acknowledged he's made mistakes over the six months, he's learning as he goes along and he's gaining mor
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this is collapsing and this will put the united states in weak position. washington needs to do fast is for president obama to address those segment of society in egypt and libya and tunisia, on the one hand and on the other hand in syria, instead of playing the arbiter between russia a iran and other forces to engage civil society inside syria. these are the forces of change, forces for the future. >> in the confirmation hearing last week, america's new top diplomat sketched out a different roadmap. >> the president understands the stakes and the implications in the middle east. i mean, so much of what we aspire to achieve and what we need to do globally, what we need to do in the migrab and south after sha, south central asia, throughout the gulf. all of this is tied to what can or doesn't happen. with respect israel palestine. >> solving the mideast, of course is a goal the eluded all modern presidents. secretary kerry sees the path to the holy land running through the actual holy land and suggests return to older model, one predating the arab spring. >
this is collapsing and this will put the united states in weak position. washington needs to do fast is for president obama to address those segment of society in egypt and libya and tunisia, on the one hand and on the other hand in syria, instead of playing the arbiter between russia a iran and other forces to engage civil society inside syria. these are the forces of change, forces for the future. >> in the confirmation hearing last week, america's new top diplomat sketched out a...
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you said i moved here in 1986 from the united states, and i have come to really love it here. it's true. florida is a different place. >> it's really different. you know, politically bizarre, really bizarre spshgs my argument has been for a while -- we have 27 electoral votes, and we should just give them to somebody else. give them to some responsible, like wyoming. some state that would be able to -- we had in our last last detection -- i'm sure you aare aware of this -- president obama had already declared victory, and mitt romney had conceded defeat, and we still had people in miami waiting in line to vote. we're thinking vote for what? maybe we should start the 2016 election right now. maybe we'll get it done in time. i don't know. >> exactly. >> you also elect governors again and again who just seem like preposterous grifters. >> we've never had a normal governor. it's going to be rick scott, who is basically a lizard. let's be honest, against charlie krist, who is a traffic cone. charlie krist could be anything tomorrow. right now i think he is a democrat. >> shape shif
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national district attorney's series, soas to ask how rare it is for a prosecutor to be murdered in the united states. scott, they knew of only seven examples between 1967 and 2004. >> pelley: and there's a $20,000 reward for information tonight. anna, thank you very much. in chicago, mayor rahm emanuel has ordered a flood of cops into the city's most violent neighborhoods today. there have been seven shootings since last night, but it was the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl just a mile from president obama's chicago home that prompted this crackdown, and dean reynolds has more. >> hadiya pendleton was shot in the back on tuesday as she and some friends gathered at this park on the way home from high school. targeted, police said, by a gunman who likely thought they were rival gang members tress patting on his turf. damon stewart is i had dia's godfather and chicago policeman. >> one individual walks in, and somebody does a shooting. nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: but the plan announced today to shift 200 police officers from desk job to constitute duty is one initiative design
national district attorney's series, soas to ask how rare it is for a prosecutor to be murdered in the united states. scott, they knew of only seven examples between 1967 and 2004. >> pelley: and there's a $20,000 reward for information tonight. anna, thank you very much. in chicago, mayor rahm emanuel has ordered a flood of cops into the city's most violent neighborhoods today. there have been seven shootings since last night, but it was the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl just a...